Report 9 February, about coffee
The new episode was also about the coffee we prepare at home. In particular, about the product: The best way…
Stuck in the 1980s: why European retail giants cannot keep up with Walmart’s digital revolution
The gap between US and European distribution is very wide and growing
Coldiretti makes useless and harmful propaganda against cultivated meat
Coldiretti should be dealing with something else entirely, e.g. unfair practices and worker exploitation, but prefers ‘the usual propaganda’, intimidating and harmful
‘Where Italy is going’: a 52% collapse of crops in Sardinia in the last 15 years
on unfair practices and the exploitation of workers there is little to celebrate. And the desertification of the Agricultural Institutes confirms this
Rolexes and luxury cars: the ‘Dolce Vita’ of former Conad executives under investigation for corruption
It might sound like the plot of a Totò film, but the story doesn’t even make one smile, because it was the thousands of families of dismissed employees, about whom La Stampa says nothing, who paid the price. But this is nothing new. The affair went on for years, amid complacent silences and intimidation of those who dared to write about it like me (and a few others)
Food producers (big brands and not): what future?
Demographics and market saturation give big brands few prospects. Confirmation comes from Nestlé which wants to spin off its water division and Unilever which wants to sell its ice cream division. Nestlé had to lower its growth forecast to 2%: the big brands are trying hard to delay their decline
The NutrInform Battery, Italy’s answer to Nutri- food labelling is a total political and operational failure (announced)
In Italy, none of this has happened. And in Europe a conflict looms, as Carrefour has announced that it will impose the Nutri- Score on all suppliers
‘Greenwashing’: screening of websites reveals that half of all green claims are unsubstantiated
Drafted 8 February 2021, updated 25 February 2025 The pitfalls for consumers in packaging and labelling are many: we will…
Does the decree against disguised inflation – shrinkinflation – on the label make sense?
But it will all be in the implementation: Italy is notorious for its failure to comply with regulations. From unfair practices in distribution to price baskets, and on to food labelling, where there is confusion that suits many. This decree, in my opinion, is therefore already ‘dead’ because no one will check anything
Gfk: Selex overtakes Conad and becomes number one brand by market share
The biggest challenge is played out on margins, not on market shares in the large-scale retail trade: the ebit margin (indicator of core business in relation to turnover) in the last year considered fell to 1.9% from 2.2% in 2021. The comparison on shares between two consortia is meaningless
Pasta, milk, tomatoes, cured meats: save the decrees on origin labelling. Decrees saving Italian-made ingredients signed: the obligation expired on 31 December
The problem four years later remains: food labelling in Italy follows the rhythm of extensions
‘Where the world is going’ elon Musk versus OpenAI
According to some estimates, this market could reach a value of around $1 trillion within two to three years, with growth from current levels of up to 50%
